So Percussion is a 2015 CMA Classical Commissioning Program grantee, commissioning a new work for mostly unpitched percussion from Paul Lansky. Called an "experimental powerhouse" (Village Voice) and "brilliant" (New York Times), So Percussion presents a wide range of programs including percussion classics (John Cage, Iannis Xenakis), new commissions (Steve Reich, David Lang, Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, Dan Trueman), sonic collaborations (Matmos, Kneebody, Dan Deacon), and their own music ("Imaginary City," "Where (we) Live"). The members of So Percussion are Performers-in-Residence at Princeton University, and Co-Directors of the Percussion Department at the Bard College Conservatory and the annual So Percussion Summer Institute.

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07.08.2015

So Percussion is excited to have received a 2015 CMA Classical Commissioning grant to commission Paul Lansky! The piece will be written for mostly unpitched percussion, having been inspired by Paul's electronic masterpiece "Table's Clear", which featured sounds he recorded at his kitchen table with his children.

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Steve Mackey: It Is Time

It Is Time was commissioned for So Percussion by Carnegie Hall and the Chamber Music America Commissioning Program, with funding generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund

Dan Trueman: neither Anvil nor Pulley

Dan Trueman's neither Anvil nor Pulley was written for So Percussion. Video by Stephen Taylor.

Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet

Steve Reich's Mallet Quartet was written for So Percussion, Amadinda Percussion, NEXUS, and Synergy Percussion.

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This shimmering 36-minute piece is performed by So Percussion on amplified, dulcimer-like “Chord Sticks” created by instrument builder Aron Sanchez of Buke and Gase. Music for Wood and Strings was commissioned by Carnegie Hall and premiered by So Percussion at Zankel Hall in 2013.